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Czech
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin decānātus, from Latin decānus. By surface analysis, děkan (“dean”) + át. Compare Polish dziekanat and dekanat.
Pronunciation
Noun
děkanát m inan (related adjective děkanátní)
- (Christianity) deanery, decanate (group of parishes over which a dean presides)
- Synonym: děkanství
- (Christianity) deanery (office of a dean)
- Synonym: děkanství
- (education) deanery (office of a dean)
- (education) deanship
Declension
Declension of děkanát (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “děkanát”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “děkanát”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “děkanát” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “děkanát”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)